224 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. [March. 



phery or circumference, round and entire, of a pure white, 

 occasionally striped with red a few hidden stamens plant 

 of an elegant habit. Magnificent. 



C. pomponia, or Kew blush, flowers over four inches in 

 diameter ; white, with a tinge of blush at the bottom of the 

 petals, which has a good effect in setting off the flower. 

 They frequently bloom all blush, having one or two rows 

 of guard or outside petals ; those of the inside are short, 

 stubby, and generally irregular, continues long in flower, 

 yellow anthers among the short petals, and seeds when the 

 female organ is perfect ; foliage similar to pseoniflbra, a 

 very fast grower, and flowers freely. Superb. 



C. Prattii;* flower bright rose, full four inches in dia- 

 meter, frequently every petal having a white stripe from 

 the apex to the base, very closely and regularly imbricated 

 to the very centre : in every respect equally as well formed 

 as C. imbricata; leaves two and a half inches wide and 

 four inches long, of a rich smooth green is a plant of free 

 growth and profuse flowering ; bloomed first in 1 830. 

 With pleasure we say, it is our first seedling of merit. 

 Magnificent. 



C. Punctata, see Invincible. 



C. Prince Albert, pale rose, stripjd with bright red, very 

 distinct ; a Chinese variety perfectly double, a large flower ; 

 petals rather short in the centra. Magnificent. 



C. Queen of England, dark rosy crimson, with an occa- 

 sional spot oi white; large, imbricated arid fully double. 

 Magnificent. 



C. rosa sinensis, a large double flower, four inches in 

 diameter ; colour bright rosy pink, petals long and full, 

 closely imbricated to the centre: a very distinct variety, 

 with beautiful dark green shining foliage, two inches wide 

 and three and a half long ; grows and flowers freely. Mag- 

 nificent. 



C. rusea, (China,') petals regularly and perfectly imbri- 

 cated, flower frequently star-shaped, like Hume's blush, 

 about three inches in diameter ; colour bright rose, chang- 

 ing to rosy purple ; foliage pale green ; leaves one and a 

 half inches wide and three inches long; plant of slender 



* In compliment to our late and esteemed patron, H. Pratt, Esq., 

 of Lemon Hill. 



